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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1989-03-22, Page 6Page 6 Times -Advocate, March 22, 1989 Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1985 • Published Each Wednesday Morning at Exeter, Ontario, NOM 150 Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386. Phone 519.235-1331 eNA ROSS HAUGH JIM BECKETT Editor Publisher & Adsertising Manager - HARRY DEVRIES• DOh SMITH Composition Manager Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada: $25.00 Per year; U.S.A. $65.00 Give for Easter seals The Easter Seal Society and 228 affili- ated service clubs has launched. the 42nd annual Easter. Seal Society appeal in On- tario. In Exeter, the campaign is sponsored by the Exeter Lions Club with Laverne Ha- milton as chairman. The Easter Seal Society. is the largest children's organization of its kind in Canada serving more than' 7,200 young-' sters, up to the age of of 19 with .physical disabilties in Ontario, and will require. $14,500,000 to maintain its services and programs during 1989. The Society employs 38 Easter. Seal nurses based in .23 offices around the province. They provide direct,, consulta- tive services on the care- and treatment of physical disablities to families with chil- dren on the Society's :caseload and assist in accessing the various services available, to them. The Easter Seal Society provides finan- cial assistance for the purchase of needed equipment and services, such as; wheel- chairs, braces, artificial litfibs, communi'- cation devices and transportation costs to and from treatment centres. The Easter SealSociety owns and oper- ates five summer camps in Ontario. Each year more than 1,100 children and young adults from seven to 18 years of age en- joy the benefits of a two week adventure. in the outdoors: The family camping pro- gram is open to families with a child un- der seven. Through the Easter Seal Research Insti- tute, the Society sponsors research into physical disabilities, preventative meas- ures and new treatment techniques. Since 1976 the Institute has provided over $2.5 million towards project's seeking to im- prove the quality of life for future gener- ations of children. The Easter Seal Society partly funds the Easter Seal Communication Institute in the amount of $600,000 per year. The in- stitute teaches a graphic communication system (Blissymbolics) to non-verbal children. The .Society sponsors travelling diag- nostic- clinics in Northern Ontario. A team of medical specialists examine over 1,200 children annually. If you have not returned a financial contribution for the Easter Seals received recently in the mail, please do so at once. The Exeter Lions are to be commended not only for the Easter Seal campaign, but for the thousands of dollars they have contributed over the past 16 years with their Sports Celebrity dinner. Remember, " A person never stands so tall as when he or she stoops to help a crippled child". By Koss Haugh Innocents Abroad 111. BLACK FOREST - The chil- dren are disappointed because the Black Forest is neither black, nor a forest. It is *a mountain range that stretches across south- western Gcrmany for perhaps 200 km. Its colour in early March is greenish -brownish with red and white patches. The •white consists of snow-capped • peaks and ski slopes, the red arc • the many towns and villages that nestle in its valleys. As you must know by now, - Elizabeth and I are gluttons for punishment. In London, we went to Victoria Station to find out what would be involved in making a short cxcursion to the continent. Nothing to it at all, wc discovered. So we asked the "man to book us five scats on the \'train to Dover and the jetfoil boat across the English Channel and the North Sca to Belgium.. We Atualgit.Jity,e.kualliater. It took three quarters of an hour just to .write oft the tickets.' But . we wcrc here to eicpericncc tray- _cl with children, rtgl We we've got the experience:. - R' The train ride from London to Dover was no problem. Thc kids spilled their drinks, of course, and -Duncan fought with Alexau. dcr over thc forward window seat, but those things were to be expected. When we boarded the jetfoil, my carry -on bag with all the travel documents, passports, travellers cheques, etc. disap- peared. 1 had asked Stephanie to take care of it while I moved our six heavy suitcases along the ramp and onto the check-in ramp. She delegated the job to_. Alexander \'"because she was tired", and Alexander just left thc bag on the floor among about 200 people. I notiecd thc loss when we were strapped into our scats. There was no point in throwing a hairy fit. I could al- ways go to American Express for new travellers cheques, to the nearest Canadian Embassy for new passports and buy some new return tickets. It was.only money. It is to thc credit of the Belgian folks running the jetfoil that my bag appeared on thc baggage ca- rousel before any of the suitcases came. Stephanie; Alexander and I wcrc all glad. it was Eliza- beth's second suitcase that al - most caused thc problem by re- fusing to show up. When it finally came trundling down the -rte& -vrrRbbeti i t; took- cru r two cans and ran for the train. A man with an impressive red cap and a hand signal had already - Wait till wc get to Germany", I told the kids. We rented a German car in Co- logne, a city famous for its great cathedral. We had no hotel reser- vation because, I argued, it will be easy to find a room in the off season_ . No one had, told me about thc Cologne Trade -Fair. Every room, den or closet in the city was solidly booked: We ended up in -the middle of no- where on. the way to Bonn. Thc rooms we finally found, blew the budget sky-high. Everybody on the continent charges by the person, not by the room. It doesn't: matter- whether one of the kids is.willing to sleep on thc oriental carpet, the charge is still about $30 per body. Including breakfast. Big deal. Gas costs about 85 to 90 cents Canadian for regular. Almost no one uses lead-free. Our brand- new D -w docs. Naturally, the gas costs more. I'll never com- plain again back home, even if the gas price should go up from ccntsa.W This marvelous new car has many interesting features. For example, opening thc trunk is not an easy task. After trying for ten minutes, Alexander found a way to do it. Or opening thc cap for the gas tank. Even Alexander couldn't do it. Another motorist showed me: you have to hold down the inncr pan of the ca with one hand and work the ey with thc other while turning the outer part with thc third hand. Thc radio refused to. provide us with anything but the traffic re- port untilritil t had;Bddled wi- -the keys and dials for about 300 km. Then it switched to an American armcd forces station 'playing non-stop Country West- ern. Now we really know that wcrc in Europe. _ The kids have seen more genu- ine, honest -too -goodness castles ,I.o teem tr p» us coming, he blew it again (long. long long, short short short, long . long long,. I think it was), and . we were able to get inte-t#1s-door with all bags and all kids. Of course, we were in a car occupied by smokers of cigars and French cigarets. Ten minutes after thc train had pulled out of Oostende station, Stephanie wanted to know whether we were still in Belgium. Three hours later, I said for the seven- ty-seventh timc: "Ycs, we're still in Belgium, and i wish you would pk out and enjoy it be- fore we'rethrough it". But have you ever succeeded in forcing anybody to enjoy themselves? The trouble with train rides Yis that you see everything from the rear. Brussels from the rear is not all that impressive. They in- sist .in hiding all the remarkable sites away from the train tracks. Serving South Huron, North Middlesez & North Lambton Since 1873 Published by J.W. Eedy Publications Limited #A4W,m%/3 The bunny's corning dard about Mr. Moir written by escarpment. executive sports editor Jack Ga- tecliff and it follows. " If a list of St. Catharines builders is made by Museum cu- rator.Arden Phair, Edgar Louis (Ed). Moir should be near the top both literally and figuratively. After starting as a door-to-dbor storm door salesman in thc 1930's, Ed Moir founded thc Moir Construction Company This Saturday night is when the Easter Bunny usually makes his appearance each year. But, in one location he will be arriving a little early. The Lamb - ton Heritage Museum, south of Grand Bend will be the scene of the largest Easter egg hunt in this part of the country, Saturday rooming. It is expected more than 500 boys and girls will invade the Museum grounds not only to search for hidden eggs, but also to participate in colouring real eggs and a bonnet making con- test. The egg hunt is sponsored by the Ausable - Port Franks Opti- mist club and has become a tra- diton for youngsters in North Lambton and Middlesex counties. Admission for those under the age of 12 years is free. So come along. It starts at 11 a.m. The real Easter Bunny will be there. * * * * * The death of a former Exeter and area resident Edgar Moir ap- pears in this week's obituary section. He was born in Us - borne township and spent most of his life in St. Catharines. We received a copy of an arti- cle from the St. Catharines Stan - 1 From the ;editor's disk by Ross Haugh CM which erected homes for local citizens, the Hotel Dieu Hospital to look after them, and hotels such as thc Esquire on Queens - ton street to cater to them. He acted as a sub -contractor at General Motors when it supplied the armed forces during the 1940's to help thc Allies win the Second World War, bridges over the Queen Elizabeth Way to drive over, schools in which our chil- dren learned, repaired the Wel- land Canal for ships to climb the But he did more. With Jim Fraser he was tae driving force in building the* St. Catharines Golf Club c'- 'house, their curling facilities 1 restructuring the . golf court ff when Highway 406 chopped o nine holes. In community work, he was at alderman, president of the Kiwa• nis Club and St. • Catharines Parks Board, president of the Ontario Golf Association, a di- rector of the Royal Canadian Golf Association and a member of the Peace Bridge Commis- sion." 1.4 * * * * * Two weeks ago we published a letter to the editor from Ruth Dietrich and Lois Armstrong concerning thc Heart and Stroke Foundation campaign in Exeter. The amount collected was list- ed at $16,000. It should have read $6,000. Adding an cxtra numeral made quite a difference. Since that time the figure has ris- en to $6,500. * * * * * Pun of the week: Parents - People who bcar infants, bore teenagers, and. board newly- weds. As my kitchen laughs -There is one room- in my apart- dinner that night. • Perhaps. I'll Move the coffee ment where I don't belong. One My kitchen never stays clean grinder to the bathroom where it for longer than eight minutes. I will be better appreciated. have what seems like 90 differ- The other morning I was fight- ent cleaning solutions -for every ing my way into a new box of ce- conceivable form -of grime. If i real, wondering why it wouldn't open. After I realized it was up- side ddwn i considered other -0 }--t—nightmares indigenous to kitc"'h. ens. Recipe books have to top room of perpetual drudgery and anguish. One room that hires, My kitchen khows where I live; knows I can't escape. More than once I've considered savings involved in cutting the hydro to the stove, fridge and heater. Dreaming of the count- less hours of labour removed from mY lift. Unfortunately, there is tio= where else to keep my food. The food isn't the problem. It's the kitchen itself, if you know what I mean (and I think you do). Centuries ago then must have come to the conclusion women belonged in the kitchen if for no other reason than men don't. t_Lan .Whit t„hehey robabl,00verlooked was that women don't belong in there either. Nobody does. Kitchens are extremely danger- ous places to be. The sharpest, hottest and most poisonous things in the house are kept there. When Dante envisioned Hell as a place of eternal fire and,buming it must have been his tum to cook • thought... the list. We all haxg.lb a , by Adrian Harte bought any more I'd never stop cleaning. What amazes me most are the places I find this grime. When you consider what collects on the top of the fridge in the average home, you would think most people did their cooking up there. 1 1c s cWrciidously expensive. Aside from thc cost of owning all those cleaners, I try to appease my kitchen by buying every kind of gadget to save labour, or in the pathetic hope of making cooking fun. The kitchen just snickers at me while I'm asleep. well-equipped' kitchen is without several of these books that fool you into thinking you can make some marvelous 'dish in less than six hours. Inevitably, when I'm following a recipe, l discover some crucial, weird ingredient is missing. When I ask for it at the grocery store, eyebrows are raised. "The Bliss of Broiling: Part Seven, right?" asks the grocer. "Yes," i confess, knowing I'm the only person in the county wM-heeds CM -broccoli sant. Perhaps homes of the future will do without kitchens. Every- one will rely on restaurants for every meal. Until then, I'm stuck with a kitchen, so I must get home and decide which is safer, toxic waste or oven clean- er. •